It looks like the upgrade offers are live. Since all of my TiVo HDs are lifetime, they are offering $200 off the cost of lifetime. Of course it turns out this is a new lifetime membership so you actually pay $199 for lifetime.

I think TiVo messed up with this. If I upgrade and select monthly, my offer is 9.95 or the same it would be if I bought retail since I have 3 TiVos already. The yearly rate is $99 which is also the same if I bought monthly. It looks like lifetime is the only real offer at $100 off.

There is also a feedback link for Tivo with regards to the upgrade offers.Upgrade Feedback

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$200 of lifetime for old first old tivo and $239 for my Tivo HD. I was all ready to buy(for $239) but it wants me to start paying $10 a mo this my current tivo and then this new tivo! I want to keep my old $7 a mo plan!

I assume you first Tivo has lifetime already then. For the Tivo HD it definitely sounds like it would be better to buy from BB or Amazon and just replace the TSN. Is $239 the cost they are offering lifetime or for the unit?

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Funny thing is if you do the "compare your current Tivo with the new..." section. They chose to leave out that the S3 is THX certified just like the Premiere XL and that it also came with the Glo remote.

i also have the 199 life offer (and get to keep the existing life HD which is good). does anyone know if the offer is only valid for units bought through Tivo, or can i get one at amazon and still have the offer?

Just kidding.. Only 20% of hardware. I don't have Lifetime on my S3, so all I get is the pitch for MultiService Discount. But I'm not sure I want to keep my S3 live, so I don't see what the pricing is without that discount.

I have four S2 Tivos and would love to be tempted to upgrade - but the upgrade deal isn't that great because of the monthly fee change (from %6.95 to 9.99). I wonder if it's time to finally bite the bullet and go product lifetime? Anyone got a feel if this new version means Tivo will be around past the 3 years to break even on the cost of product lifetime? Also, how long have they been offering service contracts? That seems like a no-brainer for Tivo (for a non-technical user). It makes it easier to compete with the HD cable box (of which I've exchanged three in two years). I will probably wait until you can get the new remote. Also noticed you can't pre-order the new wireless adapter yet.

My offer is $299 for the Premier (which is $0 off) and $200 off Lifetime (for my Series 2 with Lifetime). Blah! This is not a deal. They had a better offer on the TiVo HD and HD XL. Guess I will wait for them to offer that $100 Lifetime transfer like they did when the Series 3 came out. Or for the price to drop. Or for them to put the HD back up on their site for sale. Tried calling TiVo this morning but hung up after 10 minutes on hold.

Interestingly, if I take them up on the deal the old Series 2 with lifetime is worth about $150 on ebay.

Finally got a hold of TiVo. They said that they are no longer offering the HD and HD XL, but they do have some refurbished ones in stock.

If you upgrade a unit on lifetime to a premier with lifetime, you lose the lifetime on the original?

No. For the first time with one of these upgrade offers, they're saying the product lifetime on the original stays. They even go so far as to suggest you sell your existing box if you don't have a need for it.

Has anyone else noticed that the $200 "OFF" lifetime for existing lifetime boxes is really only "$100 off". Think about it. You already get $100 off of lifetime by using the Multi Service Discount. You can verify this by acting like you are simply going to buy a box (without clicking the upgrade link) while logged into your account.

I feel like the "$200 off as a special upgrade offer" is kinda like false advertising, since it is really only $100 additional

Thanks for starting this thread, I was about to ask this same question.

My friend has a Series 2 TiVo with Lifetime that he no longer uses. We are trying to figure out if I would still get the $200 off Lifetime discount if he transferred his Series 2 unit to me or if I should convince him to buy the Premiere under his name and then transfer the Premiere unit to me. For the folks that don't get an upgrade offer, can you please comment whether you are currently on a monthly plan or if your box has Lifetime and you didn't qualify for an upgrade offer? I'd hate to have him transfer his box and then lose out on a discount.

just curious, do we expect bestbuy and amazon to offer discounts as well or is 20% off offered by TiVo likely the best deal we'll see for a while? anybody have an historical account of pricing for S3 and HD?

Thanks for starting this thread, I was about to ask this same question.

My friend has a Series 2 TiVo with Lifetime that he no longer uses. We are trying to figure out if I would still get the $200 off Lifetime discount if he transferred his Series 2 unit to me or if I should convince him to buy the Premiere under his name and then transfer the Premiere unit to me. For the folks that don't get an upgrade offer, can you please comment whether you are currently on a monthly plan or if your box has Lifetime and you didn't qualify for an upgrade offer? I'd hate to have him transfer his box and then lose out on a discount.

I have lifetime on my Series 2 and was offered $200 off the new lifetime subscription for the new Premier box, but the box was $299 (full list). After much wrangling on the phone he offered to take $25 off the box. The series 2 box with lifetime is worth about $150 on ebay, give or take a few bucks, so that is the fair market price for it.

It is probably easier for your friend to buy the new box and then transfer it over to you, rather than transfer the Series 2 to you first and then have you upgrade. Not sure exactly how the offers work, but I believe length of subscription has something to do with it. Keep it simple....

Offer is $200 on the new-lifetime... nothing on the unit. The only unit they are showing me an upgrade for is the S1 I sold off... the other S1 is no longer eligible, since the current TivoHD I have was bought with that, I presume.

No deal, Tivo. Hell, with all the issues I'm having with this TivoHD, I'm thinking it may go back as well... so sad to see that the S3s are being left in the cold already.